Pee stick...

A pregnancy test (a.k.a. "pee stick") means many things to many different people.  There is the "oh #$@*!" group, you know, the woman who slept with a married man, the teen who just had her first "experience" with her boyfriend, or that one night stand where the condom broke.  The pee stick to those women is a brutal informant that they might have made a little mistake.  

Then there are the "oops" gals who just finished breast-feeding their 3rd child and were waiting for their beloved to schedule his vasectomy, or the newlyweds who get pregnant on their wedding night, or even the older couple whose kids' ages are all double digits and she's sure she is entering menopause.  For these women the pee stick is a mixed blessing.  

Then there's the "c'mon, c'mon, change little blue line, you can do it, change" women.  These are the women who may have struggled with fertility, or have desperately tried to get pregnant for months and still no luck, or women who are just really anxious to start their family.  For these women the pee stick is a dreaded ritual and a source of ongoing disappointment.  This is the category I fall into.  

Since we lost our girls I have reminded myself over and over again not to become obsessed with getting pregnant and all of the many different pee sticks that go along with that process.  I created my own mantra telling myself in so many words to heal, smile, chill out, relax, enjoy my husband, and when it is time, it will happen.  Well I am happy to report that it did!  We had a (well 3) positive pregnancy tests which were further confirmed with blood work and an ultrasound.  YAY!  So it all begins, my Jerry McGuire pregnancy blog.  Pregnancy from a new, wiser, and more appreciative perspective.   Enjoy!